Security World

Original Security World illustration for this practical reflection. Finding a direction can begin with a smaller question than “What is my purpose?” Ask what you want to understand about the way you spend your time. The original Titan007 reflection offers five starting points: interests, routine, company, setbacks and the way you treat yourself. Use them as experiments, not a test that must reveal one permanent calling. 1. Revisit an interest without treating childhood as destiny Remember something you once enjoyed doing. What part appealed to you: making something, solving a problem, performing or helping? Try a modest version now. An old interest can provide a clue, but it does not outrank everything you have learned since childhood. You may discover that you enjoy the memory more than the activity. That is useful information too. The aim is to notice what fits your present life rather than recover an allegedly perfect earlier self. 2. Change one part of the routine Choose a p...